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Piet Mondrian - art and life
When was Piet Mondrian born?
7th March, 1872
17th March, 1872
27th March, 1873
7th March, 1873
Mondrian painted in which styles?
Only Expressionism
Only Impressionism
Expressionism, Cubism, and Impressionism
Expressionism and Cubism
Expressionism, Cubism, and Impressionism
What's the title of the painting?
Composition No. 8
Composition No. 7
Composition No. 5
Composition No. 10
Abstract Expressionism was defined by this formal mode:
Subjectivity
Neo-plasticism
Minimalism
Non-representation
Mondrian was _________ painter.
a Dutch
a Swedish
an English
a French
What's the title of the painting painted in 1908?
Passionflower
Flowers Sun
Floral Melancholy
The Flowers and a Girl
The art movement of Cubism is characterized by:
Geometric lines and asymmetry
Natural objects and landscapes
War scenes and grotesque imagery
Cubes and Spheres
Geometric lines and asymmetry
Mondrian was an active member and participant in the Dutch art movement called __________.
Fiber Art
Purism
Dada
De Stijl
What painting style is the Lonely tree at the Gein?
Impressionism
De Stijl is also knows as neo-plasticism.
False
True
Mondrian had NOT a profound impact on Modern and Contemporary art.
True
False
What year did Mondrian move to Paris?
1911
1910
1908
1909
Where can you see the View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers? Which museum?
Centre Pompidou, Paris
MoMa, New York
Tate Britain, London
Prado Museum, Madrid
While Mondrian was visiting the Netherlands in 1914, World War I began, forcing him to remain in there for the duration of the conflict. What year did he come back to Paris?
1919
1921
1918
1920
Match the pairs.
Village Church
Post-Impressionism
Match the pairs.
Meandering Landscape with River
Impressionism
Match the pairs.
Tableau I
Neo-Plasticism
Match the pairs.
Amaryllis
Fauvism
In 1938 Mondrian left Paris and moved to _________.
Madrid
Lisboa
London
New York
Piet Mondrian died of pneumonia on 1 February 1944.
True
False
Select the true statements.
He wasn't a great jazz fun
He was gay
He almost gave up art to become a farmhand
Mondrian loved to bike
Mondrian survived the Spanish flu
He almost gave up art to become a farmhand
Mondrian loved to bike
Mondrian survived the Spanish flu
What's the title of the painting?
Trafalgar Square
Broadway Boogie Woogie
New York City I
Place de la Concorde
Adolf Hitler put Mondrian on a Nazi blacklist.
False
True
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